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Etymology

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pilo- +‎ erect

Verb

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piloerect (third-person singular simple present piloerects, present participle piloerecting, simple past and past participle piloerected)

  1. (intransitive) To produce piloerection.
    • 2022 September, Jonathon McPhetres, Janis H. Zickfeld, “The physiological study of emotional piloerection: A systematic review and guide for future research”, in ScienceDirect[1]:
      The ability of some humans to consciously piloerect suggests even more similarity between humans and non-human animals.